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TIL 10 US military installations are named after Confederate soldiers, including Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, & Fort Lee.

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Z8nXQ TIL that among the many bizarre requests received by Virgin Atlantic flight attendants were: "Could you turn the engines down because they are too noisy?"; "Please can the Captain stop the turbulence?"; "Can you take my children to the playroom?"; and "Is there a McDonald's onboard?"
QJQrM TIL that all plants of the same stock of bamboo will bloom at the same time, and then die, no matter where they are in the world. Usually once every hundred years or so.
ANJnd TIL that KFC exists internationally
1gOO TIL that, except under exceptional circumstances, drug testing for employment is not allowed in Canada, because it does not respect the Canadian Human Rights Act.
WlRd TIL 4 year-old toddler Dylan Hayes survived a three-storey fall by somersaulting twice and then miraculously landing on his feet.